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Kiowa, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kiowa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations
Expected damage

How exposed is Kiowa?

76
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kiowa to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding37%Wildfire23%Tornadoes11%Heat waves9%Hail5%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Kiowa faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity
Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Flood insurance claims

Does Kiowa flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Kiowa.

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Kiowa isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Pittsburg County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Kiowa

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Kiowa itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Kiowa.

Brought FEMA money into KiowaDeclared for Pittsburg County only
2021

Severe Winter Storms

6 households applied for aid $10K to the Town of Kiowa for repairs
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $60K to the Town of Kiowa for repairs
2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Kiowa for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$13K to the Town of Kiowa for repairs
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

1 household applied for aid $17K aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$63K to the Town of Kiowa for repairs
Pittsburg County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.
About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.
Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Kiowa is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kiowa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kiowa. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.

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